Railway-tie.



M. G.- WILLIAMS.

RAILWAY TIE. APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 17, 1907.

Famed sept.29,'19os.

MAURIOEC. WILLIAMS, OF GARY, INDIANA.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I Patented Sept. 29, 1908.`

Application filed September 17, 1907. Serial No. 393,269. i

T o all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, MAURICE lC. WIL- LrAMs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Gary, in the county of Lake and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Railway-Tie, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to railway ties and its object is to provide anall-metal device of this character which is cheap to manufacture,durable and efficient, and which has combined therewith novel means forJfastening rails in position thereon.

Another object is to provide the tie with a combined rail s acing andfastenin member designed to hold the rails positive y at the roperdistance apart.

A still further ob`ect is to provide a oombined rail brace an fastenerfor usein connection with the spacing member.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts which will behereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of theinvention.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a tieembodying the present improvements. Fig. 2 is a section on line :1cx,Fig. 1. Fig. l3 is a section on line y-y, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan viewof a ortion of the tie and showing the positions of the cuts producedtherein for the reception of a rail brace and a tie bolt. Fig. 5 is asection through the body of the tie and through that portion of a railfrom which it is designed to produce it. Fig. 6 is a section through thespacing member 'of the tie and throu hthat portion of a rail signed toproduce it. Fig. 7 is an enlarged section through the lower portion ofone of the rail bracesand tie bolts, the adjoining portion of the tiebeing also shown in section.

Referring to the figures by characters of from which it is` ereference,1 designates the body of the ti'e the same being preferably formed Aofvrolled steel and substantially U-shaped in transverse section. Neareach end the bottom of the body 1 is provided with an angular slot 2forming a tongue 3 extending ractically the width of the bottom of thebo yand having' a smaller tongue 4 struck downward from the edge thereofto constitute an abutment as hereinafter stated. Tongue 3 is also benttion of the plate is downward so as to produce a slot of sufficientproportions to receive a rail brace such as will be hereinafter morefully described.

Tongues 5 are also struck downward from the bottom of the body at pointsbetween the tongues 3 and also constitute abutments.

Rails 6 are designed to be placed upon the upstanding walls of body 1and"interposed between-them is a spacing member 7 also preferably formedof rolled steel and having ongitudinal side flanges 8 designed toproject between the walls of body 1. The ends of these flanges formshoulders 9 adapted to abut against the inner rail flanges and the topportion of the spacing member 7 projects beyond these shoulders therebyforming retaining or holding plates 10 which are inclined upwardly so asto fit snugly upon the inner base iianges of the rails.

An opening 11 is formed in the spacing member close to each extension orretaining plate 1() and extending through this opening is an obliquelydisposed tie bolt 12 which eX- tends through the slot 2 and has its headbearing against the tongue or abutment 4 adjacent thereto. formed in theupper portion of the bolt and designed to receive a wedge shaped key 14whereby the bolt may be securely fastened in place and the spacingmember 7 also secured.

A combined rail brace and fastener is disposed upon the outer portion ofeach rail and consists of a plate 15 formed of rolled steel or otherpreferred material and provided along its longitudinal edges withfianges 16. These anges are beveledV at their ends, the upper portionsthereof bearing against the outer base flange of the rail while thelower portions thereof as Well as the plate 15 are seated within theangular slot 2. The lower portapered or reduced in width as shown at 17so as to fit snugly within the slot 2 while the upper end of the plate15 is bent inwardly to form a head 18 designed to rest beneath the headof the rail. The head of bolt 12 contacts with the lower surface ofplate 15 and is held against displacement thereby. Plate .15 is securedin position by an obliquely disposed bolt 19 the head of which abutsagainst the tongue 5 whilethe other end of the bolt has a longitudinalslot 20 designed to receive a wedgeshape key 21. This key, when driveninto the slot, will draw the parts firmly together.

It will be noticed that the two bolts used for A longitudinal slot 13isv fastening each rail in place cross beneath the rail and serve tosecurely bind the parts of the tie and fastener in position. I

It has been designed to form the tie of old rails and, as illustrated inFigs. 5 and 6 it is the intention to cut the base of the rail from theweb and head thereof and to roll the base into the spacing portion ofthe tie while the head and web of the rail which contain the greateramount of steel are rolled 4into the body portion of the tie. It willthus be seen that the parts of the tie can be readily produced from oldrails and the cost of manufacture therefore greatly reduced.

It is of course to be understood that the construction of the tie can beslightly modified to meet various conditions as, for mstance, where itis to be used at switches, crossings, etc. By extending the braces 15downward through the bottom of the tie they will bite into the road bedand prevent the tie from creeping. Moreover, if desired, the tie can belled with ballast. By providing tongues constituting abutments for boltheads it is possible to dispense with washers or similar devices such asordinarily employed for this purpose.

Importance is attached tothe fact that the spacing member positivelyholds the rails at the proper gage so that adjustment of the partsbecomes unnecessary. It will be noted that the flanges 16 of the bracesare shaped so as to lap the base flanges as indicated at 16/, therebypositively gripping the rails.

What is claimed is:

1. A metallic railway tie comprising a longitudinally channeled bodyhaving upstanding walls constituting rail rests, rail fastening meanssecured to the body, and channeled combined rail fastening and spacingmeans disposed to be interposed between and supported by rails upon thewalls, said spacing means constituting a closure for that portion of thebody between the rails.

2. A metallic railway tie comprising a longitudinally channeled bodyhaving upstanding walls constituting rail rests, rail fastening meanssecured to the body, and channeled combined rail fastening and spacingmeans located between the walls and disposed to be interposed betweenand supported by rails upon the walls, said spacing means constituting aclosure for that portion of the body between the rails.

3. A metallic railway tie comprising a body having upstanding wallsconstituting rail rests, a combined rail fastening and spacing memberbetween the walls, said members being disposed to be supported by railsengaged thereby,and obliquely disposed fastening devices connecting thebody and spacing member, said devices being disposed to ex tend beneaththe rails.

4. A metallic railway tie comprising a i body having upstanding wallsconstituting rail rests, comblned rail securing and spacing means withinthe body and disposed to be supported b y rails engaged thereby, railbracing and. securing devices extending through the body and supportedthereby, and crossed obliquely disposed fastening means connecting thebody with the braces and spacing means respectively.

5. A metallic railway tie comprising a body having upstanding wallsconstituting rail rests, combined fastening and spacing l means securedupon the body, a combined rail brace and fastener extending through thebody and supported thereby, and obliquely disposed means for securingthe brace within the body and upon a rail. 6. A metallic railway tiecomprising a body having u )standing walls constituting rail rests,combined spacing and fastening means secured within of said body beingslotted, a brace having a reduced end extending through and snpported bythe slotted portion of the device, and obliquely disposed means engagingthe body and brace for binding the brace upon a rail.

7. A metallic railway tie comprising a body having upstanding wallsconstituting rail rests, the bottom of said body being slotted, tonguesstruck from the bottom of the body, a combined rail fastening andspacing member between the walls of the. body and disposed to besupported by the rails engaged thereby, obliquely dis )osed bracesextending through the slots and supported bythe body, and crossedobliquclydisposed fastening devices abutting against the tongues andengaging the braces and spacing member respectively.

8. A metallic railway tie comprising a body having upstanding wallsconstituting rail rests, spacing means within the body and between thewalls, a brace engaging the body, and separate means engaging thespacing member and brace for binding a rail between said member andbrace and the walls of the body.

9. The herein described method of producing tie sections consisting inseparating the base of a railroad rail head thereof, subjecting the twosections to heat, separately rolling said sections into channeledstrips, and finally cutting said strips to produce finished tie sectionsconstituting spacing members and bodies respectivcly.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MAURICE (l. WTILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

JAS. M. WALKER, HERBERT D. LAwsoN.

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